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I love cymbals. If you want to hear some nice cymbal work, pick up the latest Steely Dan from about 3 years ago with Steve Gadd. They won an Emmy for that and the drum work is very tight and subtle. I've been trying to get just the right cymbals. I had nothing. Been ten years since I stopped playing...

Once I saw that Slingerland has a regular kick for their new 'cocktail' outfit, I felt I could go ahead and do the same. You'll see when I put up the pics, but my set is tuned like a studio rock kit. All Stagg cymbals which I swear by. Surprisingly, my little Peter Erskine picolino actually sounds l...

I finally figured out how to get two sets of hats on my clamp up hat stand. I'm using a set of 14" on the bottom which are kept slightly open for the 'open' sound. Right on top is a set of splash 10s that are kept closed. This is fun.

Stand by for pics in a couple days.

I have a small orange and a big larger purple - they exactly match the tones of my two toms. Adds lots of fun for my Neil Pert impressions. And I have a new larger green one that serves for a cow bell. You can't beat these things.

Muchas gracias.

That snare looks great. I wish I could see the 'flat' drums. No pic.

I've got three of those LP blast blocks now. I'm not sure why, but I love them. The green one works for a cow bell or a cross stick sound. Do you use a nylon tip stick? Maybe that's the problem. Different sticks have different sounds on them. Depends where you strike them too. I think they're great.

Well, there are lots of kits on this site. Look around. Also, most here like to put their own kit together - like me. I didn't end up with a 'great drum' or combination bass/floor tom, but I'm standing at least......

Now that I'm playing standing I have a choice again between traditional grip or match grip. At first with the snare drum right up there, I went back to 'concert snare' traditional position and felt pretty good about it. But now that I'm practicing the rudiments upstairs while watching TV, seems like...

I love this stie by Vic Firth:

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments.html

Well, still exploring my new 'stand up' world and trying to get good sounds and positions right now. I've tuned my Peter Erskine 10" picolino DOWN quite a bit. I am amazed to find a deep snare sound of all things. Then, I decided I didn't like the ringy toms anymore. This comes from my years pl...

I love looking at the pics. I wish the photos were larger. Maybe it's the browser I'm using, but after I click off of a photo, I have to go back to the beginning. And they are not very big. I should try IE and see if there is a difference. I have a Mac and use the Safari browser.

Well ratatat, I have a Guzzi V11 Sport and a Honda RC 51. I ride all the time. I have a real interest i drums, bikes, photography and wrist watches. I discuss it all here on my forum. Come on over. In the Summer I post lots of pics of my rides around Seattle. http://p075.ezboard.com/bbeautyintechnol...

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the 'double bass hihat clutch' pic. Somebody showed me the exact thing today, but that wasn't the solution for me. I got a regular hihat that is on a boom - no pedal or stand part. I put the top hat in a regular clutch. But the bottom has a screw thing that raise...

After setting my drums up, I'm very happy, but I really miss the control of the hihat. I have a nice closed hat sound, but can't figure out what to do about an open sound. I have my 16" ride/crash next to my hat, so I tap the ride when I want an open hat sound. I don't know what else to do. I'v...